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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Thanks to all who responded on and off
list. Great list Ray, I'm currently trying something called xplorer (which
sounds like the xyploer in your list).&nbsp; Opens a couple of panes which is a
useful feature, options are available in a better toolbar, but I'm going to try
some of the others that you have listed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">I just find the regular windows explorer
(the file manager, not the browser for those who mentioned browsers) to be
'clunky', and limited as to options. Particularly the search
feature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">I started looking for an article that I
wanted to review, on the computer in pdf form, but had forgotten the exact
title.&nbsp; Have so many pdf articles and documents literally 'deposited' here
and there so decided to catalog them more efficiently. So that sent me looking
for a better file manager than windows offers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">trying a different pdf reader (Foxit)
too</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Larry Boswell BA, PLCGS<BR><A
href="http://www.TheBackstairs.com">www.TheBackstairs.com</A><BR><A
href="http://thebackstairs.com/blog/">http://thebackstairs.com/blog/</A><BR>"Historical
&amp; Genealogical Research Services"<BR>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:laboswell@rogers.com">laboswell@rogers.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=raybeere@yahoo.com href="mailto:raybeere@yahoo.com">Ray Beere Johnson
II</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=laboswell@rogers.com
href="mailto:laboswell@rogers.com">LBoswell</A> ; <A
title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">APG
Posting</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] File
manager</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Larry;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are several
recommendations, with a few caveats.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First, the
definition of "good" software depends on the user. The only way to find a file
manager, or any other tool, that works for you is to try a few
out.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Second, sorry, but I don't have time to pull
all the URLs for these. In most cases, Googling should get you to the download
you want quickly enough. (I _do_ recommend, for reasons of security, that you
seek out the author's site or a download site you know and trust - some
download sites can be real traps.) If you have a lot of trouble finding any
one of these, get back to me and I'll see if I can find you a
link.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; These are file managers I have installed on
my own system, that I've kept around for one reason or another. And I've added
notes so you can get some idea what they're like. Every one has little quirks
or capabilities that some users love and others hate. I can't hope to list all
of those (which ones easily detect removable drives inserted after they are
open, for example) - you'll just have to see what works for
you.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Explorer++ - freeware, and an interesting
idea in many ways, but frustrating for some because every feature has not been
fully implemented yet. I still find it useful, but your mileage may
vary.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tabbyFile - freeware, no longer
supported, this might be a bit hard to find. However, I include it because it
is a beautiful, simple, _tabbed_ (think Firefox or Chrome, only in a file
manager) file manager. It lacks a lot of the "power features" hackers love,
but if you don't need support for viewing ten million different file formats
or other bells and whistles, the simplicity makes it very easy to
learn.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UltraExplorer - freeware, a reasonable
balance between simple and powerful and a decent replacement for many
users.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Double Commander - freeware - this is a
double paned file manager with some nice features - but it is an _alpha
build_. I haven't had any serious problems with it, but you might want to
steer clear of this.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nomad.NET - freeware,
requires the MS dot NET framework to work. A pretty decent replacement, but
may slow down your system...<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SE-Explorer -
freeware, this one is new, and _very_ intriguing, but I haven't had the time
to play with it much yet, so all I can say is it very much seems worth a
careful review, to me at least.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ExplorerXP -
freeware, another fairly basic but nice replacement file
manager.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeCommander - liteware (free, but a
light version of a pay product, like xplorer2), another basic option to play
around with.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; XYPlorer - liteware, a bit old in
the teeth, but still has some nice things to recommend it. You can create sets
of tabs to open as a set, for example, which can be nice if you habitually
move files between certain directories.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Personally, for most everyday uses, I really like tabbyFile, and just wish it
was being maintained. Still, I doubt there are many folks out there actively
seeking exploits in it...<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, all this
comes from someone who has lately taken an interest in UI (user interface)
issues - and wishes they had the coding chops to complete and release an
entirely different type of
OS...<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ray Beere Johnson II<BR><BR><BR>--- On Sat, 3/13/10, LBoswell &lt;<A
href="mailto:laboswell@rogers.com">laboswell@rogers.com</A>&gt;
wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; Anyone recommend a good replacement for Windows Explorer
(file manager <BR>&gt; software, prefer
freeware)?<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>